Fencepost



Oct. 26 1926. 1,604,561

H. K. BENTE FENCEPOST Filed August 31 1923 00 no 00 0c no on 00 oo oo iPatented Oct. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,604,56l PATENT GFFiilp HENRY K. BENTE, F SEDALIA,MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO IVLEL HENDERSON AND ONE-THIRD T0 E.D. BOSSERMAN.

FENCEPOST.

Application filed August 31., 1923. Serial No. 660,333.

The present invention relates to fence posts, and aims to provide afence post composed of a single blank of sheet metal which is not onlysimple and economical in manufacture, but which is also strong anddurable, the present invention being an improvement over the fence postdisclosed in my Patent No. 1,144,288.

Another object is to provide such a post having novel provisions for thefastening of the fence wires to the post in a practical and efficientmanner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the post showing fence wires securedto the opposite sides thereof in two different ways.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the post, a portion being broken away andshown in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank from which the post is formed.

The post is formed from a sheet metal blank of suitable quality andgage, and the post is of Z-shaped cross section, and has the web 7 andoppositely extending flanges 8. The web and flanges are taperedupwardly, so that the post decreases in size from its lower to its upperend, and the lower larger end of the post is embedded or planted in theground. the cross section of the post, it will, when embedded in theground, retain itself in place against considerable strain, such as dueto contraction of the fence wires during cold weather, and the like.

Each flange 8 has the flat broad portion 10 adjacent to the web 7 andthe flat broad portion 11 adjacent to the edge of the flange,

On account of 10 and 11. The corners 12 between the web and flanges,although slightly rounded, are substantially square, and the edgeportions 13 of the flanges 8 are bent inwardly sharply or about smallradii. By the provision of the corrugations 9, square bends 12, andinwardly bent edge portions 18, the post is stiff and strong so as to becapable of withstanding great strain.

In order to fasten the fence wires to either flange 8, with the wiresextending across the outer side of either flange, each flange isprovided within its corrugation 9 with longitudinally spaced pairs ofapertures 14 for receiving staples or U-shaped clips 15. Said staples orwire clips are inserted through the corresponding apertures 14 astridethe wires W when said wires have been posi tioned at the desiredvertical points of the post, and the terminals of the staples or clipsare twisted together or bent behind the flange 8, thereby fastening theWires W to said flange. By leaving the staples or clips 15 loose, thewires W are permitted-to slide longitudinally across the post, and bytight ening the staples or clips 15, the wires W are drawn or kinkedinto the corrugation or groove 9, as seen in Fig. 3, thereby securingthe wires to the post against longitudinal motion of said Wires. Theapertures 14 thus enable the wires to be fastened to the postby staplesor U-shaped wire clips in a con-.

venient and simple manner, between the edge of the flange and the web 7of the post. 7 The web 7 of the post is provided with longitudinally orvertically spaced apertures 16, one for each corresponding pair ofapertures 14, and each aperture 16 is disposed in the horizontal planeof the upper apertures of the corersponding pairs, or slightly abovesuch plane. The apertures 16 are located midway between the flanges 8'sothat said apertures can be used for fastening the fence wires to eitherflange 8; In using the apertures 16, securing wires 17 are insertedthrough said apertures 16 at the vertical points of the post where thewires W are to be disposed, and the terminals of said wires 17 are bentor coiled around the Wires W, as at 18 and 19, adjacent to the web 7 andedge portion 13 of the corresponding flange 8 across which the wires Wextend. This provides a double point of attachment of each wire W to thepost beyond the opposite edges of the flange 8, thereby pro viding asecure and substantial connection.

If the securing wires 17 are drawn tight when winding or coiling theterminals thereof on the wires said wires l will be bent oroffsetslightly, at the bend l2 and edge portion 13 of theCOIIGSPOIlCllng flange 8, to prevent the wires WV from sliding. Byhaving the apertures 16- oifset slightly upward or longitudinally withreference to the apertures 14, the wires 17 can extend approximatelyhorizontally from the apertures 16 across the wires W, with said wires Wlocated between the upper and lower apertures 14 of the correspondingpairs in the same positions as would be the result if the staples orclips 15 were used.

All kinds of fence wires can be fastened to the post by the twodifferent means of attachment, and if double fence wires are used, theycan be secured to the post across the opposite flanges '8. This permitsof the use of plain fence wire at one side, and barbed fence wire on theopposite side.

The fiat portions 10 and 11 provide broad surfaces across and againstwhich the fence wires can bear flatly, using either method of fasteningthe wires to the post.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A sheetmetal fence post having a web and a flange at each edge of the web, saidflanges extending in opposite directions at substantially right angleswith the web, the web having vertically spaced apertures therein betweensaid flanges, in combination with securing wires engaging through saidapertures to have their terminals bent around fence wires extendingacross said flanges, with one terminal of each securing wire adjacent tothe web and the other terminal of the securing wire at the edge of thecorresponding flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

HENRY K. BENTE.

